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• a variation of embarkation.

embarcation

American  

[em-bahr-key-shuhn] / ˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. embarkation.

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Other Word Forms

• reembarcation
  noun

Example Sentences

This week the volunteers were packing up for embarcation at Buenaventura.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vicinity of the cafetal to a convenient place of embarcation, enters largely, of course, into the consideration of the planter when choosing a suitable locality.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

At last, however, they reached the mouth of the Thames, and dropping up with the tide, reached London eight days after their embarcation.

From Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The idea pleased the Marquise; but who would undertake to discover the fugitive and arrange for her embarcation?

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

The thirteenth of March was appointed for the day of embarcation.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.